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21/07/2014

Glamping with Cariad Canvas

At the beginning of the month we spent 2 nights glamping on the Welsh coast, while enjoying amazing stories at Beyond the Border International Story-Telling festival. We normally camp at festivals but since it was Johns birthday weekend we decided to treat ourselves to a more "luxury" experience of glamping in a lovely Bell tent with Cariad Canvas. Mr A loves nothing more than camping, seriously if he could he would live in a tent, we thought maybe he would be a little put out he didn't get to put up the tent which he has become rather good at but he was instantly taken by the bell tent, bunting and lovely interior.

So what are the Pro's and Con's of glamping rather than camping at a festival?

Pro's
1. No setup or take down time
2. Packing less and in turn carrying less from the car to the campsite - major bonus
3. The tents are usually located on nice even pitches
4. Spacious interior with a small table, pillows and rug

Con's
1. The extra cost. Camping is usually included in the cost of a festival ticket - but if you do want less stress than this could be worth the money
2. Our Airbed kept going down all the time which meant we actually didn't sleep as well as we normally do in our own tent - note to self take our own airbed with next time

I have joined in with Magic MomentsThanks to Cariad Canvas who provided us with a discount for this review

I'm with Jess, the idea of shlepping miles from the car with a load of gear in the beating sun or pouring rain with 3 miserable kids is not good (that's exactly what we did last year and there were a lot of tears). So yes glamping definitely sounds like the way forward. Plus look how adorable it all is - gorgeous photos!!

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